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There is an obligation for men over the age of [[Bar Mitzvah]] to wear Tefillin daily. <ref>Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot (Aseh 12 and 13). See further in the [[#Who is obligated?]] section</ref> The obligation of tefillin is mentioned four times in the Torah. <ref> The torah mentions Tefillin twice when recalling the The Exodus from Egypt as in Exodus 13:9 it reads "And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of God may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did God bring you out of Egypt." and Exodus 13:16 "And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did God bring us forth out of Egypt." and twice in the first two paragraphs of Kriat Shema as in Deuteronomy 6:8 it says "And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes." and lastly in Deuteronomy 11:18 "You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes." </ref> The details of the laws are described below: | There is an obligation for men over the age of [[Bar Mitzvah]] to wear Tefillin daily. <ref>Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot (Aseh 12 and 13). See further in the [[#Who is obligated?]] section.</ref> The obligation of tefillin is mentioned four times in the Torah. <ref> The torah mentions Tefillin twice when recalling the The Exodus from Egypt as in Exodus 13:9 it reads "And it shall be for a sign for you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of God may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand did God bring you out of Egypt." and Exodus 13:16 "And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and as totafot between your eyes; for with a mighty hand did God bring us forth out of Egypt." and twice in the first two paragraphs of Kriat Shema as in Deuteronomy 6:8 it says "And you shall bind them as a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes." and lastly in Deuteronomy 11:18 "You shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall tie them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as totafot between your eyes." </ref> The details of the laws are described below: | ||
[[File:Tefillin.jpg|thumb|right|''A pair of Tefillin wrapped in their cases'' ]] | [[File:Tefillin.jpg|thumb|right|''A pair of Tefillin wrapped in their cases'' ]] | ||
==Importance of Tefillin== | ==Importance of Tefillin== | ||
# One who is meticulous concerning the mitzvah of tefillin and treats it with holiness merits a long life in this world and a portion in the world to come. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the mitzvah of tefillin, seif 1 </ref> | # One who is meticulous concerning the mitzvah of tefillin and treats it with holiness merits a long life in this world and a portion in the world to come. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the mitzvah of tefillin, seif 1 </ref> | ||
# One who is meticulous regarding the mitzvah of [[tefilin]] will not face the fire of gehinam and will have his iniquities forgiven. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, the reward for the mitzvah of tefillin, seif 1 </ref> | # One who is meticulous regarding the mitzvah of [[tefilin]] will not face the fire of gehinam and will have his iniquities forgiven. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, the reward for the mitzvah of tefillin, seif 1 </ref> | ||
# One who doesn't don tefillin will not rise at the resurrection of the dead. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, the reward for the mitzvah of tefillin, seif 3 </ref> | # One who doesn't don tefillin will not rise at the resurrection of the dead. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, the reward for the mitzvah of tefillin, seif 3 </ref> | ||
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==Removing the Tefillin== | ==Removing the Tefillin== | ||
# According to Ashkenazim, one should remove one's Tefillin standing, however, the Sephardic minhag is to remove the Tefillin shel yad sitting.<ref>Kitzur S"A 10:20, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur 10:26)</ref> | # According to Ashkenazim, one should remove one's Tefillin standing, however, the Sephardic minhag is to remove the Tefillin shel yad sitting.<ref>Kitzur S"A 10:20, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur 10:26)</ref> | ||
# The Ben Ish Chai says to remove tefillin as follows: standing or sitting remove finger, hand, and two windings of forearm. Then stand to take off shel Rosh and sit to take off rest of shel yad. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara: halacha 10. </ref> In contrast, Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano maintains that one should remove [[tefilin]] in the following manner: remove [[tefilin]] shel yad from hand and a little bit of one's arm and [[tefilin]] shel rosh while standing, then wrap the [[tefilin]] shel rosh and return it to its bag, afterwards sit down to remove the rest of the [[tefilin]] shel yad and return it to its bag. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 38 </ref> | |||
# One should remove one's Tefillin shel rosh before one's Tefillin shel yad.<ref>Kitzur S"A 10:20</ref> | # One should remove one's Tefillin shel rosh before one's Tefillin shel yad.<ref>Kitzur S"A 10:20</ref> | ||
# One shouldn't remove one's [[Talit]] until one removed one's Tefillin.<ref>Kitzur S"A 10:20</ref> | # One shouldn't remove one's [[Talit]] until one removed one's Tefillin.<ref>Kitzur S"A 10:20</ref> | ||
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# On [[rosh chodesh]], one should take off his [[tefilin]] before [[Mussaf]], after the [[kaddish]] which is recited before the amida of [[Mussaf]]. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 34. </ref> | # On [[rosh chodesh]], one should take off his [[tefilin]] before [[Mussaf]], after the [[kaddish]] which is recited before the amida of [[Mussaf]]. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 34. </ref> | ||
# When there is a [[brit mila]], one should keep his [[tefilin]] on until afterwards because the [[brit mila]] and [[tefilin]] are both an "ot." The minhag is that the sandak, mohel, and father of the son receiving the berit mila procedure keep their [[tefilin]] on. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 37. </ref> | # When there is a [[brit mila]], one should keep his [[tefilin]] on until afterwards because the [[brit mila]] and [[tefilin]] are both an "ot." The minhag is that the sandak, mohel, and father of the son receiving the berit mila procedure keep their [[tefilin]] on. <ref> Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 37. </ref> | ||
# One should remove the [[tefilin]] shel rosh with his weaker hand to show his desire to fulfill mitzvot and reluctance to stop. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara: Halacha 10, Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 39. </ref> | # One should remove the [[tefilin]] shel rosh with his weaker hand to show his desire to fulfill mitzvot and reluctance to stop. <ref> Ben Ish Chai Chayei Sara: Halacha 10, Kitzur S"A of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, siman 10, laws of the donning of [[tefilin]], seif 39. </ref> | ||
# It is a nice practice to kiss the tefillin upon removing them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 28:3</ref> | # It is a nice practice to kiss the tefillin upon removing them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 28:3</ref> | ||
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## If one has Tefillin in the room that one is in and a [[Talit]] in the next room, the principle of not passing up the mitzvah applies and so one should put on the Tefillin first or leave the Tefillin, engage in another activity and then get the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 25:4 writes that the principle of not passing up on a mitzvah applies even to when one mitzvah is in the room that one is in and the other mitzvah is in another room. Therefore the same halacha as when one picks up Tefillin before [[Talit]] applies as above. </ref> | ## If one has Tefillin in the room that one is in and a [[Talit]] in the next room, the principle of not passing up the mitzvah applies and so one should put on the Tefillin first or leave the Tefillin, engage in another activity and then get the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> Mishna Brurah 25:4 writes that the principle of not passing up on a mitzvah applies even to when one mitzvah is in the room that one is in and the other mitzvah is in another room. Therefore the same halacha as when one picks up Tefillin before [[Talit]] applies as above. </ref> | ||
# If one first made a mistake by taking the Tefillin and then made another mistake by putting down the Tefillin. One should put on the [[Talit]] first. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:5, Halacha Brurah (Birur Halach 25:2) </ref> | # If one first made a mistake by taking the Tefillin and then made another mistake by putting down the Tefillin. One should put on the [[Talit]] first. <ref> Mishna Brurah 25:5, Halacha Brurah (Birur Halach 25:2) </ref> | ||
# There’s a doubt in a situation where one would we embarrassed to put on Tefillin without a [[Talit]] whether one can put on the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> Mishna Brurah (Buir Halacha 25) writes that if one is embarrassed to put on the Tefillin first there is a doubt whether one may put on the [[Talit]] first. Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 318) writes that since we hold that the principle of not passing up a mitzvah is only derabbanan, we override the Derabbanan with Kavod HaBriot. | # There’s a doubt in a situation where one would we embarrassed to put on Tefillin without a [[Talit]] whether one can put on the [[Talit]] first. <Ref> Mishna Brurah (Buir Halacha 25) writes that if one is embarrassed to put on the Tefillin first there is a doubt whether one may put on the [[Talit]] first. Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 318) writes that since we hold that the principle of not passing up a mitzvah is only derabbanan, we override the Derabbanan with Kavod HaBriot. Whether not passing up a mitzvah is derabbanan or deoraittah is a dispute in the rishonim and achronim, see Yalkut Yosef (Sherit Yosef 1 pg 317-8). </ref> | ||
# If one can only afford either a tallit or tefillin, tefillin | # If one can only afford either a tallit or tefillin, one should buy tefillin. <ref> Kaf Hachayim 25:3 </ref> | ||
==Kavana (intent) when putting on Tefillin== | ==Kavana (intent) when putting on Tefillin== | ||
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==Rosh Chodesh== | ==Rosh Chodesh== | ||
# The tefillin are removed before we recite [[Mussaf]] on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref> S"A 28:13 Kaf Hachayim 25:94. Beit Yosef 25 | # The tefillin are removed before we recite [[Mussaf]] on [[Rosh Chodesh]]. <ref> S"A 28:13 Kaf Hachayim 25:94. Beit Yosef 25 s.v. "ubayom" writes that since in [[kedusha]] we recite that the angels should give Hashem a crown it would be improper for us to show our crowns, the tefillin. See Kaf Hachayim 25:94 for Kabbalistic reasons behind the removal of tefillin before [[Mussaf]]. </ref> | ||
# In the event that one forgot Yaale Viyavo in [[shacharit]] but only realized after he removed his tefillin, he should preferably put his tefillin back on and pray [[shacharit]] again. If it is too difficult, he can be lenient since he has already fulfilled his obligation. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 6:6. The Chida in Machazik Beracha 25:13 writes that according to kabbalah one may not put his tefillin back on after he recited [[Mussaf]] unless he hasn't yet put tefillin on that day. </ref> | # In the event that one forgot Yaale Viyavo in [[shacharit]] but only realized after he removed his tefillin, he should preferably put his tefillin back on and pray [[shacharit]] again. If it is too difficult, he can be lenient since he has already fulfilled his obligation. <ref> Sh"t Yechave Daat 6:6. The Chida in Machazik Beracha 25:13 writes that according to kabbalah one may not put his tefillin back on after he recited [[Mussaf]] unless he hasn't yet put tefillin on that day. </ref> | ||
